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The Boundary Layer

Curated by Catherine Dean

Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm

In its most simplified definition, the boundary layer is the thin plane at the surface of the Earth where land meets sky. Though we may temporarily escape it in skyscrapers and planes, boats and submarines, this is …

Han: Voices From the Earth

Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm

Exhibition location: Teresa Sargent Hall, in the Montrose Cultural Centre

“Voices from the Earth” is a multi-media, moveable public art installation that develops the theme of hope for the world’s threatened environment.


Grand Opening

Friday, September 18, 2009

7:00 pm

Location: The Prairie Art Gallery, in the Montrose Cultural Centre

Please join us at The Prairie Art Gallery’s Grand Opening Party in celebration of our new location within the Montrose Cultural Centre. Come and enjoy a delicious patio-style barbeque, chilled keg-style beer, three new …

Olivia Kachman: Out of the Blue & Into the Red

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 7:00 pm

“Out of the Blue & Into the Red” is a multimedia installation that explores the theme “What we do to the Earth, we do to ourselves.” This work examines the disconnect between people and their souls, communities and the Earth through …

Without End:Exploring the Lines that Keep Us Apart

Curated by Todd Schaber with the Prairie Art Gallery and Catherine Hamel with the University of Calgary

Opening Reception: Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00 pm  

Location: The Prairie Art Gallery

“Without End” has two areas of exploration. The first area examines the tools of architectural representation. The second area …

Visit us at the Street Performers Festival

Visit the Prairie Art Gallery during Grande Prairie’s 2009 Street Performers Festival. Gallery staff and volunteers will be downtown this weekend with sidewalk chalk drawing and art exhibitions. Visit the Prairie Art Gallery in our new location in the Montrose Cultural Centre, just two blocks away at 9839 – 103 …

Opening Reception June 19

Friday, June 19, 2009

Art Exhibition Opening Reception
6:30 pm, The Prairie Art Gallery

Exhibitions:
Bibi Clement: Vigil of Angels
Yasuo Terada: East Wind Blows West
Tina Martel: tenuous

 

About the Festival….

Celebrate Summer Solstice with a six-day festival of arts and culture in the north! Music, drama, visual …

Iskoteo Public Galleries Conference

Friday, June 19, 2009

Public Presentation: Excellence in Art Galleries
1:30 pm at the Prairie Art Gallery

Directors and Curators of public galleries across Alberta will gather in Grande Prairie to celebrate the Prairie Art Gallery’s new home in the Montrose Cultural Centre and discuss the future of public galleries in Alberta. The …

Meet the Artists

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Meet the Artists: Bibi Clement, Yasuo Terada, Tina Martel
4:30 – 6:30 pm, The Prairie Art Gallery
Come to the Prairie Art Gallery during the Iskoteo Arts Festival to tour the new exhibitions and meet the three artists currently exhibiting at the Gallery.

About the Festival….

Celebrate Summer …

Yasuo Terada: East Wind Blows West

The Prairie Art Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of pottery by Japanese artist Yasuo Terada.

Yasuo Terada sets new boundaries in modern Japanese ceramics with his uninhibited forms, designs and glazes. His work, flowing from abstract to naturalistic, represents a fusion of age-old tradition and contemporary vision. Terada’s …